Question follow-through · 19217
NHS: Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on developing a coordinated UK approach to addressing shortages in the NHS workforce in key specialties.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 15 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 1 Sept 2026 · 48 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on developing a coordinated UK approach to addressing shortages in the NHS workforce in key specialties.
1 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Sept 2026
Answer published
While planning of the health workforce is devolved in the United Kingdom, specialty training recruitment is undertaken on a UK-wide basis. The UK National Recruitment Board oversees specialty training on behalf of the four UK health departments.The new re...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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